With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Employee Contract Type:

Local – Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

Job Description:

Location Of Work: Gubalafto

Contract Duration: Until December 15, 2023

• Supporting woredas and PHCU in planning and conducting nutrition screening activities;
• Ensuring existence of functional referral pathways and linkages between communities and HF and vice versa;
• Promoting the availability of services to which beneficiaries can be referred, training of staff in nutrition screening and referral services;
• Ensuring that HFs are equipped with minimum supplies needed for nutrition screening activities, (e.g. MUAC tapes, registration and reporting format, referral forms, guidelines etc.);
• Promoting and supporting community mobilization and sensitization activities towards nutrition screening program.
• Support and assist Woreda Health Offices and PHCUs in the piloting of Family MUAC approach.
• Facilitate monthly Review meeting with the SC, OTP sites, health workers and woreda health office staffs at cluster and woreda levels;
• Conduct regular supportive supervision and provide technical support on stabilization Center and Outpatient Therapeutic Program sites every week;
• Ensure linkage of OTP discharges, MAM children, and acutely Malnourished PLW to distribution of protection and TSF ration (If applicable);
• Print, laminate and Provide the necessary OTP/SC guide lines and protocols for running OTP/SC, photocopy for other related activities;
• Conduct capacity assessment of SC, OTP sites, and staffs to identify the minimum support package/transition
• Ensure Job aids are available in Health posts (HEW quick reference, Look up table, report format, tally sheet, Plump nut and drug stock control balance form)
• Ensure the integration of IYCF to CMAM programming through strengthening of psychosocial & emotional sites & IYCF promotion & counseling;

Required Education and Professional Experiance:

BSc degree in Public Health/ Clinical Nursing/Nutrition and related health field of study preferred from accredited universities or health colleges

Minimum three years of working experience with NGOs in CMAM program, specific to OTP/SC;

Certificates on:

• Acute malnutrition 2019 revised guideline training
• Revised 2019 IMAM guideline training
• Revised 2019 IMAM guideline training
• Integrated Pharmaceuticals Logistics System (IPLS)
• Trained on Family MUAC approach
• SMART survey basic training

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only